Dance Listings

COLLEGE SHOWCASE: WORKS BY THARP It took Twyla Tharp just eight years to go from the choreographic anonymity of her first work, “Tank Dive,” to fame. The reason for that rise was her 1973 “Deuce Coupe,” made for the Joffrey Ballet, set to music by the Beach Boys, and now widely regarded as the first piece to bring modern-dance attitudes and movement to the world of classical ballet. Tomorrow afternoon there is an unusual opportunity to see not just “Deuce Coupe,” above, but also three other rarely performed works that Ms. Tharp made between 1970 and 1976. The event, a college showcase at the Joyce Theater, happened almost by accident. Ginger Montel, the associate director of Twyla Tharp productions, happened to mention to Linda Shelton, the executive director of the Joyce, that five university dance departments in the New York area were learning pieces by Ms. Tharp. Ms. Shelton decided that it was too good an opportunity to pass up and offered the Joyce for a one-off performance. It’s a wonderful chance to glimpse something of Ms. Tharp’s early artistic development: the structural rigor of “The Fugue” (three dancers performing 20 variations on a 22-count theme); her first use of music as choreographic impetus in “Eight Jelly Rolls”; the highbrow-lowbrow mix of “Deuce Coupe”; and the inventive partnering and incorporation of social dance in “Country Dances.” The institutions involved — Barnard College (Ms. Tharp’s alma mater), Hunter College, the Juilliard School, Marymount Manhattan College and Sarah Lawrence College — were all taught these pieces by former Tharp company members, some of whom danced in the original productions. “We’ve been making a concerted effort to make it financially possible for colleges to get Twyla’s works,” Ms. Montel said. “Having the presentation at the Joyce is the cherry on top of the icing on top of the whipped cream.” (Tomorrow at 2 p.m., 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, 212-242-0800, joyce.org; $20.) ROSLYN SULCAS

★ AMERICAN BALLET THEATER (Monday through Thursday) The company opens with a gala program of tidbits from the ballets to be performed during its eight-week New York spring season. The novelty of the evening is a new pas de deux choreographed by Brian Reeder to a Chopin waltz performed live by the concert pianist Lang Lang. Then it’s on to a week of “La Bayadère,” complete with pathetic heroines, noble but all-too-human princes, sizzlingly wicked villains and choreography that epitomizes the exquisite purity of classical ballet. The first-week lead dancers are Paloma Herrera, Angel Corella and Gillian Murphy (Tuesday); Veronika Part, Marcelo Gomes and Michele Wiles (Wednesday mati nee); Diana Vishneva, Ethan Stiefel and Stella Abrera (Wednesday night) and Ms. Herrera, David Hallberg and Ms. Murphy (Thursday). (The season continues through July 7.) Monday at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 and 8 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000, metopera.org; $24 to $168. (Jennifer Dunning)

★ DANCE AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Tonight, tomorrow and Thursday nights) SkoveWorks will perform Lily Skove’s new “Split,” a collaboration with the lighting designer T J Hellmuth, through tomorrow. Ms. Skove compares the piece, which plays with hidden and obstructed perspectives, to a Polaroid picture in its first seconds of exposure. Chase Granoff takes over on Thursday (through May 19) with his new “BOREDOM!!! (as an amplifier),” with a score by Jon Moniaci. At 8, the Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (212) 352-3101, chocolatefactorytheater.org; $15; free for Queens residents on Thursday. (Dunning)

★ LAWRENCE GOLDHUBER/BIGMANARTS (Wednesday and Thursday) Stravinsky and Elvis, uptown and downtown, theater and dance, drama and biting wit — Lawrence Goldhuber knows how to bridge worlds. With a company that includes Wallie Wolfgruber, Robert La Fosse, Keely Garfield and David Parker, and a show that features three works new to New York, there should be something here for everyone. (Through May 19.) At 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 924-0077, dtw.org; $12 and $20. (La Rocco)

GORILLAFEST 07 (Thursday) Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Company have opened up their studio for a wide-ranging and relaxed-sounding alternative arts festival that includes music, film, performance art and dance by Joe Poulson, Walter Dundervill, Erick Montes and Osmany Tellez. (Through May 20.) At 8:30 p.m., Hundred Grand, 100 Grand Street, at Mercer Street, SoHo, (212) 925-6573; $15; $12 for students and 65+. (Dunning)

IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (Tonight through Sunday) Six individuals and companies will celebrate choreography by men. They are AnD Dance, nathantrice/RITUALS, Jeffrey Peterson Dance, Cosmo Scharf (in collaboration with Larry Keigwin and Young Dance Collective), Brian Brooks and dre.dance, directed by Taye Diggs (yes, the actor) and Andrew Palermo. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8, Sunday at 3 p.m., Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, at Chambers Street, TriBeCa, (212) 279-4200, dnadance.org; $25. (Dunning)

DEBORAH LOHSE’S AD HOC BALLET (Tonight and tomorrow) Ms. Lohse, a classically trained dancer who has worked with the mentally ill, will present “The Lucy Poems,” a series of dances that address mental illness and are set to music by David Lang, Michael Gordon and Bang on a Can. Tonight at 8 and 9:30; tomorrow at 3 and 8 p.m., Clark Studio Theater, 165 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 868-4444, smarttix.com; $20; $10 for students and 65+. (Dunning)

LA MAMA MOVES! (Tonight through Sunday) This lively series ends this weekend with a single program, “Inventors,” featuring a young iconoclast named Christopher Williams and a sly veteran upsetter of apple carts named Douglas Dunn. Tonight and tomorrow night at 10:30, Sunday at 5:30 p.m., La MaMa e.t.c., 74A East Fourth Street, East Village, (212) 475-7710, lamama.org; $15; $10 for students and 65+. (Dunning)

NEW GENERATION DANCE COMPANY (Tomorrow) This tango and modern-dance troupe will perform “The Black-White Tango” with the guest artists Carlos Copello, who danced in “Tango Argentino” and “Forever Tango,” and Luciana Paris and Elizabeth Mertz, both of American Ballet Theater. At 3 and 8 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400; $25 to $45.

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★ NEW YORK CITY BALLET (Tonight through Sunday, and Tuesday through Thursday) Peter Martins’s new “Romeo and Juliet” will be performed through the weekend with the lead dancers Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild (tonight and Sunday afternoon); Erica Pereira and Allen Peiffer (tomorrow afternoon) and Tiler Peck and Sean Suozzi (tomorrow night). Then it’s back to regular repertory, now performed in theme programs: next week “Four Voices,” with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine (Tuesday and Wednesday) and “Three Masters: Tchaikovsky, Balanchine and Robbins” (Thursday). Tonight at 8, tomorrow at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m., New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212) 870-5570, nycballet.com; $15 to $86.

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RAGAMALA (Tonight through Sunday) From Minneapolis, the company mixes Indian Bharatanatyam dance with contemporary movement, Japanese taiko drums and a capella singing. Tonight at 7, tomorrow at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at noon and 5 p.m., New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 239-6200, newvictory.org; $12.50 to $35.

★ DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS (Thursday) Mr. Varone and his dancers have an understated but profound way with movement, music and performing. His new “Dense Terrain,” set to music by Nathan Larson, explores the notion of human connectedness with an emphasis on the language of words, gestures and movement. (Through May 20.) At 7:30 p.m., BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Street, between Ashland and Rockwell Places, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, (718) 636-4100, bam.org; $20 to $45. (Dunning)

WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE: SONGS & SHAMAN DANCES OF MANIPUR (Tonight) Presented by the Laihui ensemble, in a United States debut, these rarely performed songs and shaman ritual dances come from “the land of jewels,” an isolated mountainous region in the foothills of the Himalayas that is the home of the Tibeto-Burman Meiteis people, where pure cultural traditions have been preserved. At 8, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400, worldmusicinstitute.org; $27; $15 for students. (Dunning)